Plasma C- reactive protein is the classical acute phase protein, which increases thousand fold in response to infection, ischaemia, trauma, burns and inflammatory conditions and has been studied as a screening device for inflammation, a marker for disease activity, and as a diagnostic adjunct. Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory bacterial infection, which involves the local destruction of periodontal tissues triggered by periodontal pathogens and could cause increased hepatic synthesis of C- reactive proteins. The purpose of this study was to examine the co-relation of periodontal...
Plasma C- reactive protein is the classical acute phase protein, which increases thousand fold in response to infection, ischaemia, trauma, burns and ...
